Re: Inquiring Gringos Want to Know

[Marcos Agüero <maguero () s21sec com>]

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BTW gringo comes from the sentence "Green, go Home", refering to the US
Army uniform color :)

Fergie escribió:
> Even though this snippet is from the LA Times, it puts a smile
> on my face living in Austin as a Naturalized Texan. ;-)
>
> [snip]
>
> Dear Mexican, Why do Mexicans call white people gringos?
>
> It was the type of impolite question few people would dare ask in everyday Southern California, much less in print.
>
> "Dear Gabacho," began Gustavo Arellano's answer in the OC Weekly alternative newspaper. "Mexicans do not call gringos 
> gringos. Only gringos call gringos gringos. Mexicans call gringos gabachos."
>
> Arellano went on to explain that gabacho is a sometimes pejorative slang term for white Americans, with "its 
> etymological roots in the Castilian slur for a French national."
>
> "Ask a Mexican," the newspaper headlined it.
>
> The column, published in 2004, was meant as a one-time spoof, but questions began pouring in.
>
> [snip]
>
> More:
> http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-me-gustavo23feb23,0,6797624.story
>
> - ferg, muchacho gabacho ;-)
>
>
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